Tag: europe
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Venice Exhibition and ‘Facing Future’ Book: Embracing Creativity in a Changing World
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It has been a while since I posted. Here with this post, I hope to update you, my friends, with some of what has been happening in my creative life. As always I am trying to understand the changes happening in me and in the world around me, like most people are. The world is…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 87/365
Today I saw a lot of children and young people enjoying the sun on a cold crisp day here in Germany and it made me think of this new generation. They have to deal with so much and to inherit a broken world lacking in hope and riddled with corruption and warp. The world today…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 86/365
Have you every had the feeling that even when you are alone, you are really not? In my mind, there is never a dull moment. Thoughts, ponders, queries, hopes, questions, memories, investigations, plans, connecting of dots, and yes, sometimes fears and worries. I am finding it difficult to not be concerned about what is happening…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 83/365
On the third day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, my mind goes back to my experiences with refugees and the misfortunes of war. I am finding myself unable to disconnect from the shock of seeing this happen in front of our eyes again, the war, the pain, the destruction, the displaced people and most…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 78/365
As Europe starts to gradually ease covid restrictions, I keep hearing talk of going back to our old normal, as if that is even possible! Having lived through this pandemic and all the changes that we have witnessed, how can we use the words ‘going back’? From here on, we can only move forward and…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 73/365
Hi again from Germany. The sun is finally shining bright the and the days are starting to stretch and yawn loudly with the music of birds around here. Where do the birds hide in winter time? You still see some of them here and there but as spring comes closer they start to sing their…
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Morning Coffee Talk ~ 6/365
Good Morning! It is December 6th, and in this part of the world, a very important visitor appears to bring the Christmas spirit to children around Germany. Nikolaus (who is not Santa), but a (Sankt Nikolaus or der Heilige Nikolaus), who was probably born around 245 C.E. in the port city of Patara in what we…
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Morning Coffee Talk~ 3/265
Good morning from my desk somewhere in Germany on a cold winter day. It is dark still before 6 am with our very short daylight hours at this time of year. Candles are lit, Christmas lights are on outside and that makes the world around me brighter and cosier. I created this photo with my…
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Moon over Quarantine~
Great weather has been our blessing here in the North-Western part of Germany since the lockdown over Covid19 began a few weeks ago. Mild weather, Spring bursting with color, birds chirping loudly and clear skies that go on for miles. That all somehow seems to soften the blow of the sad news of death and…